Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post) - eviltoast

35 crypto companies got together to make a change dot org petition called “Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji”.

F that

  • AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev
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    3 months ago

    I don’t know about strictly “unable” but there are a million contexts where it is a bad idea and simply not done. Like a spreadsheet or financial document. Or anywhere you want your text to behave like text — with a consistent font, color, style, etc. The difference between $ (text) and 💲 (emoji) is pretty stark in most contexts.

    • ulterno@lemmy.kde.social
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      3 months ago

      For example, on the dark background of the UI I am viewing your comment on, The $ symbol is in white colour (as the font has been set).

      But the emoji is dark grey, and wouldn’t be visible if I had a cheap, low contrast monitor.

      • Trev625@lemm.ee
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        3 months ago

        For me it looks like this:

        So the text one appears the same for both of us but the emoji one appears differently which could possibly change its meaning if they were different enough

        • ulterno@lemmy.kde.social
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          3 months ago

          Probably because the emoji fonts don’t change their colour with the font.color, which normal characters do.

          And your browser is using a different font from mine